Category Archives: From the Archives

Need more neat old stuff in your life? Do you feel like the slow march of only one From the Archives post per week on the Collins Unbound blog just isn’t enough to satisfy your voracious hunger for Puget Sound … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered where some of the phrases you use every day come from? Probably not, since you use them every day. But I’m here to tell you that some of those very phrases and slang words have been … Continue reading →

The structure of a yearbook, it seems, has changed little in past decades. There is a sports section, and club sections, and there are group photos of the classes, and more often than not the seniors (be they high school … Continue reading →

“In a country where everyone else is blind, the man who can see is king. And in a lumber country where only one mill can saw straight boards, the major city is born.” William C. Speidel, Jr. tells a satirical … Continue reading →

This summer the Archives & Special Collections will host a summer research fellow.  The 2014 project will focus on increasing awareness of our unique resources at Puget Sound through Wikipedia. Through Wikipedia’s GLAM-Wiki project (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) the … Continue reading →

Amongst the beautiful old tomes in Archives & Special Collections sits a 1538 edition of Plutarch’s Lives. The work explores the actions of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Demosthenes, Cicero, Caesar, and Antony in eleven sections. It is both a … Continue reading →

This semester the Archives & Special Collections will hold open hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  You are welcome to contact us to set up an appointment for other days and times.

As we wrap up the semester, the Archives & Special Collections is thrilled to announce that A Sound Past now holds over 3,000 images documenting the history of the University of Puget Sound.  The Archives & Special Collections holds about … Continue reading →

Have you ever wanted to read a tiny book? How about a rare, tiny book? How about a rare, tiny book full of puns? If none of those trip your trigger, then I don’t know what to say except “this … Continue reading →

Because you probably don’t. While the archives is home to a whole array of historical and cultural materials, as well as the missives, meeting minutes, and miscellany that document the entire history of the University from 1888 to the present … Continue reading →